City of Villains Beta Info

I recently started playing COH and it is my first MMORPG, so I have little to compare it to. That said, I can certainly see how it would get boring after a while. It's basically a Single Player game with CO-OP. Once you've seen all the content, what is going to keep you there?

I'm skeptical that PvP would really do much for me, other than perhaps Team vs Team play, where some strategy would be involved. I'm used to PvP in skill based games like FPSes, and so I fail to see what would be exciting about competing in something where whether or not you win is mostly determined by how the devs have balanced things. It seems to me that whoever wins the most is simply going to be the prime candidate for the nerf bat.

I'd like to see MMORPGs that have a mix of skill and accomplishment. Right now it looks to me like all MMORPGs are completely accomplishment based. How powerful you are is almost completely determined by how long you've played the game. Not surprising that they are using that same metric for who they let into their beta.

"Further info:

The calculation for "time played" will be the number of times you have paid for a month. If you have paid for the subscription 6 times = 6 months. If you purchased a year subscription that =12 months.

Beta does not count in this equation."

Jeez what a pathetic attempt. This looks like a money grab before WoW.

Wow, that's pretty retarded. The only people who will want to truly play the beta will be the people who are burnt out on it. They'll want to see what CoV has to offer and decide if they want to start up accordingly. By filling all the beta spots with people who already want to play, you're not going to be offering much of a chance to the people whose monthly fee is sitting on the edge of a cliff.

For the most part, I see City of Villains to be a last ditch effort to keep the game going -- i.e., Jump to Lightspeed (for SWG), because as the first post said: "No one is gonna play this with WoW and EQ2 coming out..."

this will introduce PvP into the mix so it will be interesting to see which AT is the top dog, people whining on the boards about nerfs etc..

albeit consensual PvP but it should be fun I've been subscribed for a while so my spot should be secure by the time this drops.

MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Man they would have been golden if they could have got this stuff into the original release. No one is gonna play this with WoW and EQ2 coming out...

CoH was so much for a little bit, if just had a little more to do... :(